Ana M Traska - David

- Generate & edited BOM’s, artwork, construction details, & color entry for each style
- Track, & prep prototypes for Fit sessions & capture Fit / Pattern corrections for next proto request
- Helped create Excel charts for Trim consolidation, and new constructions
- Created and sent Fit comments, images, and mock-up requests

- Develop & Executed +75 styles in Women, Men & Kids – Outerwear, Sweaters, Fleece, Knits with an overlap of 3 seasonal product lines
- Lead & Mentor in Fit sessions with Design, Production & Merchant team.
- Manage Tech Designers with weekly TB, mentoring how to problem solve fit and construction, and providing performance reviews
- Upgraded Tech Design Dept with new PAD Pattern system and taught the team how to review Patterns & grading for bulk approval
- Brought in Alvanon Dress Forms and taught how to use Dress Forms as tool and consistency for Fit
- Establishing Processes for Fit Sessions, Sample Submission by Vendors, Vendor Score Cards, QC guidelines at Vendors
- Created & Defined Women & Kids Block Libraries for the internal team to reference and create consistency for customer
- Led and Taught Development Team how to use Centric PLM to gain clarity, ownership, reduce duplication to gain back time to create
- Provide and Maintain Support as Centric PLM IT manager for Business

- Develop & Execute +80 styles in Knit Performance & Lifestyle Bottoms with overlap of 3 seasonal product lines
- Run Fit sessions with Design, Production & Merchant team
- Managed product testing for new innovations and presented findings on quality, experience from testers, and viability for brand
- Worked in Gerber to review patterns & grading and provide corrections back to Vendor
- Generate Fit comments in AI & PLM using fit images & pattern corrections to request new prototype round or next stage

- Develop & Execute +/-75 styles per season, with an overlap of 3 seasonal product lines & SMU’s
- Develop Knit & Woven base layers, first layers, mid-layers, insulated styles, outer layers for Men, Women
- Generate BOM’s, Artwork, Construction Details, Size charts & Color entry for each style
- Track, measure, & prep prototypes for Fit sessions & capture Fit / Pattern corrections for next Proto Request
- Initiate & lead Product team meetings on variety of topics from Calendar, Seasonal goals, Trim consolidation, and new constructions
- Presented calendar calculator & facilitated launching 18th month Product calendar to improve LLT challenges for brand
- Managed vendor scorecards for development and used these to lead our conversations with our vendors to align with our business goals
- Led Vendor conferences & workshops on how to improve our development timeline for fit, material development, and color execution

- Developed & executed +/- 125 styles per season; with overlap of 2 seasons and SMU requests
- Developed First Layers, Mid Layers, Insulated styles, & Outer layers for Men & Women
- Generated BOM’s, artwork, construction details, size charts and mockups for Vendors for exact execution suggested
- Led Product reviews and Fit sessions for design, merchandising, sourcing and VP of Product
- Worked for Innovation team by creating Tech packs & key constructions and keeping the product development on the calendar
- Helped test new PLM systems and train Product Development Team how to use Enovia PLM

- Generated Technical Sketches and provided BOM’s to communicate to Product Development
- Requested & Developed Fabric & Trims with the Material Developer for the Collection
- Coordinated with Product Development to maintain Fit and Quality within Season Calendar

- Generated and managed the technical sketches & BOM’s
- Created color story by seasonal delivery and entered color into BOM for SMS/ Bulk ordering
- Developed & sourced fabrics, trims, & graphic patterns for season